Brazil

[soul24rage]

The official squad of 23 for Brazil for the Copa America 2024

Full backs and Midfield is much better than that of the World Cup 2022.

 

[Windhook]

So many players from EPL on that squad.

Also surprising Vini has just 28 games for Brazil now at age 23. For comparison Mbappe who's just 2 years older has 77 for France. No need to talk about the goals scored.

 

[soul24rage]

Miss this Brazil side.

This was proper football.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1807383587764740309

 

[soul24rage]

This is football

 

[Messi983]

Brazil coach Dorival Junior: “We will be 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. I’m 100% sure”.

“Mark my words. Record me. We WILL be there”.

 

[MontenegrinCuler]

Brazil coach Dorival Junior: “We will be 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. I’m 100% sure”.

“Mark my words. Record me. We WILL be there”.

This guy's a clown. Brazil will get battered if they keep him for the World Cup. They will probably get battered either way though. There is some potential but this "we are Brazil" mentality will once again push them down the stairs.

 

[Andresito]

That man probably won't even be their coach then lol

 

[Windhook]

I saw an image of Brazil in a team-talk circle on the pitch and Dorival couldn't get in.

The problem with Brazilian football is methodology. Some Portuguese managers go there and reap success immediately. Currently top 3 teams in Brasileirao are managed by foreign coaches (2 Portuguese and 1 Argentinian with Croat-Italian origin).

 

[Maradona37]

The Europeanisation of their football and players leaving for Europe so early in this commercial internet era seems to have really fucked them. Where is the Brazilian flair? They play more like a European team now. Even their best player Vini - he's very talented but he's nowhere near a Neymar from the previous generation in terms of technique and flair.

I am not as abreast of them as I used to be, but we will have to see if their young players coming through have that invention or of it will be coached out of them in European tactical systems.

I'd be amazed if they win the next World Cup tbh, even if it is in the Americas.

 

[soul24rage]

The Europeanisation of their football and players leaving for Europe so early in this commercial internet era seems to have really fucked them. Where is the Brazilian flair? They play more like a European team now. Even their best player Vini - he's very talented but he's nowhere near a Neymar from the previous generation in terms of technique and flair.

I am not as abreast of them as I used to be, but we will have to see if their young players coming through have that invention or of it will be coached out of them in European tactical systems.

I'd be amazed if they win the next World Cup tbh, even if it is in the Americas.

Good post and welcome back mate.

 

[Maradona37]

Good post and welcome back mate.

Thanks on both counts mate. Feels like I post briefly for a day or two then you welcome me back every few weeks lol. I hope all is well with you anyway my friend.

 

[khaled_a_d]

The Europeanisation of their football and players leaving for Europe so early in this commercial internet era seems to have really fucked them. Where is the Brazilian flair? They play more like a European team now. Even their best player Vini - he's very talented but he's nowhere near a Neymar from the previous generation in terms of technique and flair.

I am not as abreast of them as I used to be, but we will have to see if their young players coming through have that invention or of it will be coached out of them in European tactical systems.

I'd be amazed if they win the next World Cup tbh, even if it is in the Americas.

The one with the most flair is Estevao, and he is joining Chelsea

 

[Maradona37]

The one with the most flair is Estevao, and he is joining Chelsea

Aye I was gonna mention he was highly rated, but haven't really seen enough of him to formulate an opinion. Savinho seems highly-rated too but so far at City he seems to be playing pretty conservatively in places.

I should say that 'flair' could be mistaken for 'being greedy and extravagant' and 'European tactics' aren't a bad thing, as that's the way the game goes now - cohesive systems. But it would be good to see more extravagant stuff sometimes in football, we don't see enough of it these days.

 

[MontenegrinCuler]

Yeah tbh when it comes to Brazilian football I put all my hope on Estevao

They need a very serious baller to bail them out now and he might be just that

Endrick will be shit for them. Zero creativity in that Brazil squad and he can't create goals for himself except for powerful shots. The fact he's had just 1 pass on that Copa game is used to troll him but it's more of a troll to Brazilian squad.

 

[Maradona37]

Yeah tbh when it comes to Brazilian football I put all my hope on Estevao

They need a very serious baller to bail them out now and he might be just that

Endrick will be shit for them. Zero creativity in that Brazil squad and he can't create goals for himself except for powerful shots. The fact he's had just 1 pass on that Copa game is used to troll him but it's more of a troll to Brazilian squad.

The thing is - they don't have enough quality players to create a cohesive team that can go toe to toe with better squads without having a genius. So they need a superstar/match winner or two to as you say 'bail them out', as they won't dominate against better teams.

I guess that's where Estevao comes in.